What is an emergency?

An emergency is “a situation that poses an IMMEDIATE RISK to life, health, property, or environment. that requires urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation and has a high probability of escalating to cause IMMEDIATE DANGER to life, health, property, or environment”.

List of common emergencies

Severe eye injury

Victim not breathing

Near drowning

Coughing blood/Vomiting blood

Wheezing with facial swelling

Unconscious /unusually confused

Poisoning/drug overdose

Chest pain lasting longer than 3 minutes

First time seizure/multiple seizures/seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes